BISHKEK, Jan 9 Kyrgyzstan carried out the evacuation of another 14 of its citizens from Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti told RIA Novosti on Sunday in the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic. In 2022, 14 citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, including women and children, were returned to their homeland by specially organized transport, «said a spokesman. Earlier this week, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry also removed 20 Kyrgyz and 20 Russians from Kazakhstan.» Also, on behalf of the ministry, the embassy Of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Republic of Kazakhstan, work is underway to return home by rail 15 citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, in connection with the cancellation of a regular flight at the international airport of Nur-Sultan. The Ministry is working with the Kazakh side on the safe return of these citizens to the Kyrgyz Republic «, — clarified in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bishkek called for the release of a Kyrgyz musician detained in Kazakhstan Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied gas. Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency across the country until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, about 1,000 people were injured during the protests in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 16 Kazakhstani security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On January 7, Tokayev announced that terrorists, including those who arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the President noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. 
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